ADAMS COUNTY — A Thornton woman charged with killing five members of a family in a February car crash pleaded not guilty to all counts this morning in Adams County.

Monica A. Chavez, 34, is charged with five counts of criminally negligent homicide for the wreck that killed Randy Stollsteimer, 34; his wife, Crystaldawn, 31; and their sons, Sebastian, 12, Darrian, 9 and Cyrus, 7. She also faces two counts of child abuse because her two children were in her Ford Expedition when it smashed into the Stollsteimer family's vehicle near Grant Street and East 84th Avenue.

Prosecutors allege Chavez suffered a seizure-like episode in 2006 but ignored a doctor's order not to drive until she saw a neurologist. Chavez admitted she didn't see the specialist — even after a second, similar episode last summer — because she couldn't afford it, according to an affidavit.

Chavez is scheduled to go to trial May 7. She did not comment after her hearing this morning before Judge Chris Melanokis.

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